The highlight was Brown Bush Warbler - which showed for a couple of minutes in the middle of a lantana. This is a new species for Lam Tsuen and was one of 10 warbler species seen and heard today.

I also had a minimum of 15 Chestnut Buntings, my first Ashy Drongo of the winter and Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike and wonderful views of a Pygmy Wren babbler which showed well next to the tree-shrine below the abandoned village for more than five minutes - fantastic!

Not far from the village entrace a singing (white-cheeked) Ashy Drongo attracted my attention. It was still present there when i leave at 10:20 but when a number of holiday hikers arrived, it flew away together with the wave of minivets.
Between temple and waterfall there was a wave of >20 Striated Yuhinas. A bird wave then follow by, which include large number of white-eyes. When i was observing the warblers & white-eyes inside the wave, a White-throated Fantail appeared. However i could only see its unmistakenable tail clearly before it flew down the valley.
When i leave i saw again the Ashy Drongo, and at the same place i meet another bird wave including warblers, minivets, Grey-headed Flycatchers & a Verditer Flycatcher.

The weather on Valentine's Day in 2009 was not so satisfactory indeed. But our birding results were quite satisfactory. We visited 2 places in 1 day. The first place was Ng Tung Chai and the other was Nam Chung. Please note that the birding record is posted separately in different topic.
2009年情人節的天氣並不理想, 但看到的雀鳥紀錄令人滿意. 這一天我們到了2個地方. 第一個是梧桐寨, 繼後的則是南涌. 請留意這個觀鳥紀錄會跟不同的主題分開發出.

Total no of bird species seen @ Ng Tung Chai 梧桐寨鳥種數目= 20
Total no of bird species seen in a day 當日鳥種數目總計 = 52

Lastly, special thanks to Colin for facilitate our access to these two venues. We were not able to see so many different species in one day without him!
最後特別鳴謝Colin兄, 令我們可以很順利到達這2個地方觀鳥. 沒有他的幫助, 我們不能在同一天裡看到這麼多鳥種!

My first visit to Ng Tung Chai, yesterday the 26th of February - (and my first post on this forum!):

A very rewarding visit, despite the drizzly weather. What a superb birding area and beautiful scenery.
Most species, including the difficult ones, seen very well and at close range.
Here is my trip report:

NG TUNG CHAI Bird Trip Report February 26th 2009
Weather: Drizzle, overcast, humid – upper part of forest covered in fog.
From Kam Lam Rd all the way to the Upper Waterfall and return. 07:30-14:00